Entry № 772 · Sanskrit origin

Anushasa Anushasa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-NOO-shah-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Discipline / precept"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "discipline / precept".

Anushasa is from the Sanskrit Anuśāsā.

Discipline / precept — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अनुशासा
Transliteration
Anuśāsā
Pronunciation
/ əˈnuː.ʃə.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anushasa stands.

Anushasa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Anushasas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Anushasana-Parva 13th Mahabharata 154 chapters Bhishma Yudhishthira bed of arrows Shara-Shayya / Vishnu Sahasranama Anushasana 149 / Dharma Rajadharma Mokshadharma Anrishamsya / Bhagavad Gita 18:63 iti te jnanam akhyatam
Sanskrit discipline sacred-precept + anu- + śās to instruct + Anuśāsana 13th-Parva Mahabharata Anuśāsana-Parva 154-chapters Bhīṣma-to-Yudhishthira Śara-Śayyā + Vishnu-Sahasranama 1000-names Anushasana Parva 149 + Bhīṣma-Anuśāsana Dharma + Rājadharma + Mokṣadharma + Ānṛśaṃsya + Bhagavad Gita 18:63 iti te jñānam ākhyātaṃ guhyād guhyataraṃ mayā vimṛśyaitad aśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru + Anuśāsana-Dharma
Anushasana Mahabharata

Names connected to Anushasa.

The number behind Anushasa.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Anushasa reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.